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Publication - Statistics

Discretionary Housing Payments in Scotland: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Published
26 May 2026
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Housing

This publication provides information on Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) in Scotland over the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

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The expenditure statistics in this publication are for the amounts spent on DHP awards for the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Chart 1 and Table 3 show the value of DHPs in Scotland during the financial year 2025-26, with a comparison of the spend profile for 2024-25. Spending during 2025-26 started below that of 2024-25, but followed a steeper profile to surpass it by August. The difference was at its peak in January, but expenditure slowed in the final two months of the year relative to 2024-25.


Chart 1: Actual or committed spend profile – 2024-25 and 2025-26
Chart 1

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